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This is a category for the rivers and streams in the U.S. state of North Carolina The main article for this category is List of rivers of North Carolina Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivers of North Carolina
In 1975, North Carolina designated a 26.5-mile (42.6 km) segment of the river as "New River State Scenic River", by including it in the state's Natural and Scenic Rivers System. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] The segment was added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System the following year.
The Neuse River (/ n uː s / NOOSE, Tuscarora: Neyuherú·kęʔkì·nęʔ [1]) is a river rising in the Piedmont of North Carolina and emptying into Pamlico Sound below New Bern. Its total length is approximately 275 miles (443 km), [2] making it the longest river entirely contained in North Carolina. The Trent River joins the Neuse
The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
The Broad River is a principal tributary of the Congaree River, about 150 miles (240 km) long, [1] in western North Carolina and northern South Carolina in the United States. Via the Congaree, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River , which flows to the Atlantic Ocean .
The Rocky River is a 95-mile-long (153 km) [5] river in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. It begins in Iredell County near Mooresville and flows south into Cabarrus County, where it is the principal waterway in the county. The river continues southeastward to form the line between Stanly, Union, and Anson counties.
Rivers in North Carolina are notoriously unpredictable, and a tranquil float can turn disastrous in a hundred ways. The water gets rocky west of Raleigh, and a boulder lurking just under the ...